INTRODUCCION: Tecnología: Oxigenación por membrana extracorpórea o ECMO (ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) veno arterial. Características de la tecnología: El soporte vital extracorpóreo veno-arterial (ECMO-VA es una alternativa terapéutica para aquellos pacientes que cursan con falla cardiopul...
RESUMEN En los últimos años, y debido en parte a los avances tecnológicos, ha resurgido el uso de los sistemas de depuración extracorpórea de dióxido de carbono de manera pareja al uso de la oxigenación con membrana extracorpórea. No obstante, faltan estudios para establecer sus indicaciones y el...
ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) is an extracorporeal life support system in catastrophic lung failure, shock and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, in different age groups, with multiple physiologic features. When the candidate to be submitted is too unstable to be transported to a hospital with E...
We report a 55-year-old woman with a history of hypothyroidism and type 2 diabetes mellitus who consulted at the emergency room because of intermittent oppressive chest discomfort. At admission, electrocardiogram showed a complete atrioventricular block. A transthoracic echocardiogram disclosed severe le...
Abstract Background: Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is an established therapy for patients with refractory acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). One complication related to the use of veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is thrombosis despite proper anticoagulation. We ...
Abstract A 30-month-old male patient with transposition of the great arteries with intact ventricular septum (TGA/IVS) is presented. Arterial switch operation (ASO) was performed in the light of echocardiographic and angiographic findings. The patient remained under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation su...
OBJECTIVE: To report initial experience from the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in patients who received lung transplantation. METHODS: Retrospective study of a single tertiary center in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, a national reference in lung transplantation, based on the pros...
ABSTRACT Objective: To report the case of a child who developed acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) from a pulmonary infection by adenovirus. Case description: A female patient aged 2 years and 6 months, weighting 10,295 grams developed fever, productive cough and vomiting, later on progressin...